1. What previous knowledge does Brian use to help him survive in nature?
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Turn to Hatchet.
What previous knowledge does Brian use to help him survive in nature?
What does Brian learn about himself?
Why do you know that would help you face a similar challenge?
What challenges have you overcome that seemed hopeless at the start?
How can facing a challenge or obstacle make us more self-reliant?
What do we learn about ourselves when we take the initiative and accomplish more than we expect?

2. Amazing Words Ptarmigan Solstice Camouflaged Hibernating Initiative
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Amazing Words
Ptarmigan
Solstice
Camouflaged
Hibernating
Initiative
Motivation
Unrestrained
Uncontrollable
Exasperation
Self-reliant
Use these words in sentences that show you know the meanings.

3. What does sequence mean? Find sequencing words on pages 346-347.
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Sequencing
Turn to page 332.
What does sequence mean?
Find sequencing words on pages
How do these words help to determine the sequence of events?
Put the events in order:
Then they went out.
He started ripping the bark, using his fingernails at first.
He positioned his spark nest.
Then he went back into the shelter and arranged the ball of Birchbark peelings at the base of the black rock.
Brian plucked some of them loose.
He ripped the twenty into tiny pieces.
He pulled and twisted bits off the trees.

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7. Word Analysis What do the following word parts mean? Mal Non Stren Ed
Language Arts
Word Analysis
What do the following word parts mean?
Mal
Non
Stren Ed
Ing
Can you list 10 words for each word part?

8. Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
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Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
A verb’s tenses are formed from its principal verbs.
A regular verb forms its past and past participle by adding –ed to the present form and it forms its present participle by adding –ing to the present form
The present participle and the past participle are always used with a helping verb.
Identify the principal part of the verb in each sentence:
Michael had learned about rock wall climbing.
Now he is encountering a rock wall at camp.
Rock walls look scarier up close.
Michael climbed to the top of the wall.